News: SmokeLong Guest Editorship
The fine folks at SmokeLong Quarterly have asked me to serve as guest editor this week — handling all submissions between […]
Literary News, Writing
North Carolina Literature, Reviews/Recommendations, Southern Literature
Review: 2010 Press 53 Open Awards Anthology
This week, award-winning fiction writer Tara Laskowski takes a peek at a new anthology from Press 53, an independent publishing
Interviews, Mysteries/Thrillers
Interview: Åke Edwardson, author of The Shadow Woman
K.E. Semmel has appeared before on this site offering reviews and hosting interviews — and then being interviewed himself for
Interviews, Mysteries/Thrillers
Interview: Sophie Hannah, author of The Truth-Teller’s Lie
Having long admired Laura Ellen Scott‘s own writing (and having interviewed her myself in these pages), I’m glad to welcome
Interviews, Mysteries/Thrillers
Interview: Matt Bell, author of How They Were Found
Early October brought the publication of How They Were Found, the first full-length collection of short stories by the extremely
Mysteries/Thrillers, Reviews/Recommendations
Review: On the Nickel by John Shannon
Over the last couple of years, I’ve been working my way through the novels of John Shannon — one of
Reviews/Recommendations
Review: My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me, edited by Kate Bernheimer
Last week in this spot, Brandon Wicks proved himself a fine interviewer, chatting with William Wright, series editor of The Southern
Interviews, Poetry, Southern Literature
Interview: William Wright, editor of The Southern Poetry Anthology
I’m pleased to welcome occasional contributor Brandon Wicks back to Art & Literature once more. This week, Wicks interviews William
Interviews
Interview: Jay Varner, author of Nothing Left To Burn
I’m happy to host today another interview by Tara Laskowski, chatting this time with Jay Varner, a former classmate of
D.C. Events, Fall for the Book, George Mason University, Interviews
Interview: Andrew Wingfield, author of Right of Way
Andrew Wingfield is the author of the novel Hear Him Roar and of the new short story collection Right of Way, winner
Mysteries/Thrillers, Reviews/Recommendations
Review: William Gibson’s Zero History
On the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, The Washington Post has published my review of Zero History by
D.C. Events, Fall for the Book, George Mason University, Interviews
Interview: Kathryn Johnson, author of The Gentleman Poet
Kathryn Johnson’s new novel, The Gentleman Poet: A Novel of Love, Danger, and Shakespeare’s The Tempest, starts from an intriguing